Bedstead



(No Model.)

I M. LASPEYRE.

BBDSTEAD.

- No. 383,650. Patented May 29, 1888.

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MATHEW LASPEYRE, OF BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.

BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,650, dated May 29,1888.

To aZ Z whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MATHEW LASPEYRE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brunswick, in the county of Glynn and State of Georgia, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Bedsteads, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bedsteads; and it consists inthe employment of tie-rods secured at one end to the head, foot, andside boards, and at their opposite ends to two plates which arecentrally con nected by a single-screw clamp adapted to simultaneouslyadjust the said parts, all of which will be more fully hereinafterdescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicatesimilar parts in the several views, Figure 1 represents a top plan viewof a bedstead with my improvement shown in connection therewith. Fig. 2

is a perspective view of theimprovement re moved from the bedstead.

A indicates the head-board,B the footboard, and C O the side boards. Atthe central portion of the head and foot boards A and B and near eachend of the side boards, 0 O, bracket-castings D are secured, which areformed with integralapertured ears or lugs d. The hooked ends 6 of therods E engage with the apertured ears of the said castings D, theopposite ends of the said rods E being secured to the three corners ofthe diamond-shaped coupling'plates F, which are provided with aperturesfor this purpose. The other corner of each plate is formed with anaperture, f, through which pass the hooked ends 9, formed with the rodsG of the central swivel-clamp, G. The said clamp has the form of twoconical nuts, 9, engaging with the inner opposing right and leftscrew-threaded ends of the said rods G, and the said nuts are connectedtogether by the two longitudinal side bars, 9. The said side bars enablethe clamp to be easily grasped to turn it. The clamp, as will be seen,is also verylight, having all of the metal between the nuts cutaway withthe exception of the side bars.

When the side, head, and foot boards ofa ' Applicatiop filed October 1,1887. Serial N 0. 251,234. (No model.)

bedstead are set up and joined in the usual manner, the tendency is,whenthe bed is used, for the said parts to spread or spring and therebyloosen the joints and allow the slats to fall from their support. By theuse of my improved device this difficulty is remedied,

and the side boards are kept perpendicular and square with the foot andhead boards.

In operating my device the nut G of the central clamp is turned, whichexerts an equal and simultaneous tension on the rods E through the rodsG and the coupling-plates F, thereby drawing longitudinally andtransversely upon the bed, and the tension thus exerted may be increasedat will to render the bed perfectly rigid. A distortion or unequalstrain is thus avoided and the parts sustained and braced againstdissembling.

The device, being readily applied, is adapted for use on both old andnew bedsteads, to which it may be attached in a very short time.

The readiness with which this device may be detached from a bedsteadwill also be appreciated. Instead of being obliged to withdraw screws orscrew-eyes, it is simply necessary to raise the hooks on the ends of thetension-rods outlof engagement with the apertured ears on the. bracketsD.

It will be understood that the clamp can either be turned by hand or bya piece of iron or wood inserted between the parallel bars or by awrench which may be caused to grasp one of the parallel bars.Furthermore, the detachability of the entire device is an importantfeature. By merely loosening the clamp the rods E may be unhooked fromthe castings D and the entire frame-work separated, leaving the castingsD still in position on the bed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- As an improvement inbedsteads, the combinatiomwith the head and foot boards and the siderails, of the castings D, secured to the same, and having the perforatedlugs d, the diamond-shaped coupling-plates F, the rods E, secured tosaid plates in the angles thereof and radiating therefrom and havinghooks e at their ends, which engage the lugs 11, the

rods G, secured to the coupling-plates and extending toward each other,and provided with screw-threads at their inner ends, and the clamp G,consisting of the nuts g 9 fitted on 5 the screw-threaded ends of therods G, and the parallel bars 9' 9, connecting the nuts 9, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature inpresence of two witnesses.

MATHEW LASPEYRE.

Witnesses:

WM. B. GUNBY, v BOLLING WHITFIELD.-

